Anisus
Shells of Anisus vorticulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Planorbini
Genus: Anisus
H. Studer, 1820[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Anisus (Anisus) S. Studer, 1820· accepted, alternate representation
  • Anisus (Costorbis) Lindholm, 1926· accepted, alternate representation
  • Anisus (Disculifer) C. R. Boettger, 1944· accepted, alternate representation
  • Anisus (Odontogyrorbis) Lörenthey, 1906 (junior synonym)
  • Anisus (Pseudocarinogyraulus) Popova & Starobogatov, 1970· accepted, alternate representation
  • Anisus (Spiralina) Martens, 1899 (junior homonym of Spiralina Chaster, 1898; junior synonym)
  • Diplodiscus Westerlund, 1897 (junior subjective synonym; also a junior homonym of Diplodiscus Diesing, 1835)
  • Odontogyrorbis Lörenthey, 1906
  • Paraspira Dall, 1905
  • Paraspira (Odontogyrorbis) Lörenthey, 1906 (junior synonym)
  • Paraspira (Paraspira) Dall, 1905
  • Planorbis (Anisus) Studer, 1820 (combination not accepted)
  • Planorbis (Costorbis) Lindholm, 1926 (original rank)
  • Planorbis (Odontogyrorbis) Lörenthey, 1906 (junior synonym)
  • Planorbis (Spiralina) von Martens, 1899 (Invalid: junior homonym of Spiralina Chaster, 1898)
  • Planorbis (Spirorbis) Swainson, 1840 (Invalid: junior homonym of Spirorbis Daudin, 1800 [Polychaeta]; junior synonym)
  • Spiralina Martens, 1899 (junior homonym of Spiralina Chaster, 1898; junior synonym)

Anisus is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Planorbinae of the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Subgenus Anisus
Subgenus Anisus (Costorbis) Lindholm, 1926
Subgenus Disculifer C. Boettger 1944
Subgenus ?
Subspecies and species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ (in German) Studer S. (1820). "Kurzes Verzeichniss der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien". Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 3(11): 83-90, 91-94. Bern.
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Anisus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716342 on 2014-11-23
  3. ^ a b c d e Glöer, P. 2002 Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, page 254-263.
  4. ^ Oberholzer G. & Van Eeden J. A. (1967). "The freshwater molluscs of the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 10(1): 1-42. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v10i1.762, PDF Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Fig. 21.